iSkysoft TunesOver for Mac allows iOS users to do iPhone transfers, iPod transfers, or iPad transfers. It lets you transfer videos, photos, messages, audiobooks, and music and playlists with rating, artwork, and play counts with just one click, and it enables you to add music, videos, and photos to your iPhone or other iDevice without using iTunes. You can also easily manage your iDevice data.

Explicitor allows a user to scan through and download lyrics for their entire iTunes library and search for profanity or other words. It is useful for DJs or music providers who need a means of searching for profanity-free songs.

AtomicParsley Shield Fork is a fork of Atomic Parsley, a lightweight commandline program for reading, parsing, and setting metadata in MPEG4 files. It adds new features and handles new atoms added to the MP4 format by iTunes.

itunes-remote-control-server makes it possible to control iTunes on a headless server without a GUI. It provides a TCP server which can be reached locally or remotely by other applications to control iTunes. It also provides commandline commands for controlling iTunes.